'The Three Stooges': Jane Lynch Lands Mother Superior Role

Jane Lynch knows a thing or two about playing authority figures. But while Sue Sylvester thinks she's a sort of God, Lynch's new role will have her taking orders from a higher power.

Not that Moe, Larry and Curly care.

According to Deadline, the Emmy-winning "Glee" star has been cast in the Farrelly Brothers' long-simmering "Three Stooges" film, landing the part of the Mother Superior nun that runs the young Stooges' orphanage. The boys -- Will Sasso as Curly, Sean Hayes as Larry and Chris Diamantopoulos as Moe -- aren't too keen on the idea of leaving the orphanage. Or, no one will take them off Mother Superior's hands.

The film will consist of three separate 27-minute acts, to keep the spirit of the original "Stooges" shorts. The filmmakers have been working to get this movie done for years; in 2009, they had cast Jim Carrey, Brad Pitt and Benicio Del Toro in the lead roles, only to see all three of them fall out at various points.